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St. Cornelius -- 16 September 2021
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Cornelius whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen months by Decius' persecution of the Christians. The main issu... READ MORE |
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St. Valerian -- 15 September 2021
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The massacre of the martyrs of Lyons with their bishop, St. Pothinus, took place during the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius in the year 177. Marcellus, a priest, we are told, by Divine intervention, m... READ MORE |
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St. Notburga -- 14 September 2021
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Patron: servants and peasants
Birth: 1265
Death: 1313
Patroness of poor peasants and servants in the Tyrol. Born in Rattenberg, in the Tyrol, she was the daughter of peasants. At eighteen she bec... READ MORE |
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St. John Chrysostom -- 13 September 2021
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Birth: 344
Death: 407
St. John, named Chrysostom (golden-mouthed) on account of his eloquence, came into the world of Christian parents, about the year 344, in the city of Antioch. His mother, at ... READ MORE |
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St. Ailbhe -- 12 September 2021
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Patron: of wolves
Death: 528
Bishop and preacher, one of the saints whose life has been woven into the myths and legends of Ireland. He was a known disciple of St. Patrick, and is called Albeus in... READ MORE |
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St. Catherine of Siena
-- 29 April 2022
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Patron: Fire prevention
Birth: 1347
Death: 1380
St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was the 25th child born to her mother, alt... READ MORE |
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ST. MACARIUS of Egypt (c. 300 – 391) was a Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great. -- 19 January 2023
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Macarius was born in Lower Egypt. A late tradition places his birthplace in the village of Shabsheer (Shanshour), Roman Egypt around 300 AD. At some point before his pursuit of asceticism, Macarius ma... READ MORE |
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St. Augustine of Canterbury
-- 27 May 2021
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Death: 605
At the end of the sixth century anyone would have said that Augustine had found his niche in life. Looking at this respected prior of a monastery, almost anyone would have predicted he w... READ MORE |
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St. Joan of Arc
-- 30 May 2021
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Patron: of soldiers and France
Birth: 1412
Death: 1431
Canonized: Pope Benedict XV
St. Joan of Arc is the patroness of soldiers and of France.
On January 6, 1412, Joan of Arc was born to piou... READ MORE |
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St. Emily de Vialar
-- 17 June 2021
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St. Emily de Vialar, Virgin, Foundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph "of the Apparition"
Anne Marguerite Adelaide Emily de Vialar was the eldest child and only daughter of Baron James Augustine de V... READ MORE |
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